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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Tax: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: I hope that the Chair will give me a little latitude, given that this is an important meeting. Some €5.17 billion was collected last year in energy, pollution, resource and transport taxes, yet carbon emissions did not decrease. Approximately €435 million of that amount came directly from carbon taxes. In the ten years that we have had carbon taxes, our emissions have not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Tax: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: They will decrease if we increase this tax even though they have not to date. Even when the economy was not growing during the ten years of the carbon tax, we did not reduce emissions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Tax: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: No, it was the Department I was questioning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Tax: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: Turning to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, there are 497,101 private rented homes in the State. Some of those households are paying up to 60% of their incomes in rent and household costs, which we know from research that was helpfully provided by some of the other witnesses and the bodies that they represent and that are doing useful work. Will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Tax: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: I just want to mention-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Tax: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: Some latitude was given to the previous speakers. Many of the occupants of private rented accommodation are the lowest paid workers, as well as people on social welfare who are not entitled to fuel allowance. While it has been mentioned people might be given tax credits, many of the people I know are not even earning enough to get tax credits because they are on the minimum wage. What will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Tax: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: One previous speaker went for 17 minutes.

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: I am sharing time with Deputy Martin Kenny.

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No 1:To insert the following after "which is likely to negatively impact rural development and the agri-food sector.": "— establish a beef market observatory from which each processor is legally compelled to publish daily price reports to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding:— the prices for cattle (euros per kilogram) established on that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: Start collecting the €13 billion in taxes now.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (24 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: 398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of establishing a national beef market index database. [38885/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: I would like clarification on asking questions outside of those supplied.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: Are all of the questions on the list being taken together?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: The provision in the code that requires a veterinary practitioner to ensure arrangements are made for a 24 hour on-call service is not binding on an unregistered body or corporate body. This is a big issue. We have been contacted by veterinary practitioners who are very concerned about the changes. The issue of 24-hour cover is a key issue for the farming community.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: If a practice with three, four or five vets is taken over by a corporate body, an employer-employee relationship is created but the employer is not a professionally qualified person. The employer may make decisions that are not in the interest of the veterinary profession or, indeed, of animal health. These decisions may concern drugs, medicines or other veterinary practices. There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: A lot of people would disagree with Ms Muldoon about that. There is no pressure from competition law to change the code of practice and there have been no rulings from the European Court of Justice in respect of other jurisdictions to compel them to allow corporate interests to take over practices. Does Ms Muldoon agree with my interpretation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: Ireland is part of the European Union and previous judgments from other jurisdictions are clear that there is no onus on anybody to change the code of practice to allow for the corporatisation of veterinary practices. Was it not put to the Competition Authority that the supreme body was the European Court of Justice and not the Irish authority or that of any particular member state? The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Data (19 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of establishing a national equine database to record microchipped equine. [37958/19]

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: What has been discussed here in the past couple of hours reflects the position and the difficulties in the industry. We are all united in the view that the industry needs to be saved. It needs to be improved. We need to build trust and we need to try to make it sustainable for everyone. If it is not sustainable for the primary producer, as the Minister and the Minister of State will be...

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Brian Stanley: I am sharing time with Deputies Cullinane, Ferris, Martin Kenny and Buckley. I acknowledge the commitment of all the farmers across the country who took the difficult decision to go on the picket line over the past two months. It is unfortunate that it has come to this. It is because of those farmers that the issue is now on the agenda. I have spoken to many farmers who were at the...